Latymer Upper School · GCSE · summer 2016

2010–16 · Lettered GCSEs

Latymer Upper School, GCSE 2016: 61.6% of 1,664 entries at top grades (A* or 9–8)

Compared

61.6%

GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8) · Comparable figure · A*–G GCSEs only this year; the school’s own figure is used

of 1,664 entries. GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 61.6% of 1,664 entries, as printed

The school’s figure: 61.6%. The same figure: it is the school’s own.

The original grades

A*–G: A* 1,025 · A 421 · B 180 · C 31 · D 7. Subjects and grades

This year’s exams: A*–G GCSEs only.

We know because the qualification is the only one it could be.

The comparison, the school’s headline and the original grades
Grade bandComparable figure (our calculation)The school’s figure (as the school published it)Original grades
GCSE high grades (A*–A or 9–7)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 7 with the bottom of the old A. 86.9% of 1,664 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–A 86.9% of 1,664
GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8)A* or 9–8 is a convention: grade 9 is rarer than A* was. 61.6% of 1,664 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A* 61.6% of 1,664
GCSE C/4 or better (A*–C or 9–4)Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 4 with the bottom of the old C. At these schools it sits close to 100%, so it is not offered first in comparisons. 99.6% of 1,664 entries The same: it is the school’s own figure GCSE A*–G: A*–C of 1,664
GCSE grade 9 (9–1 entries only) No figure No combined figure from the school —

How the figure is calculated

The number of entries at or above the band, across every exam system, divided by all the entries. We never average two percentages.

  • High grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–A 86.9% of 1,664 entries, as printed
  • Top grades: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 61.6% of 1,664 entries, as printed
  • C/4+: GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A*–C 1,657 of 1,664 entries

The results used in the calculation

Cite this figure

Latymer Upper School, 2016, GCSE top grades (A* or 9–8): 61.6% (comparable figure, our calculation; GCSE/IGCSE A*–G A* 61.6% of 1,664 entries, as printed). Method harm-v1. Records: ext:latymer_upper_gcse:3, research:latymer-upper:2016:gcse-igcse:lettered-printed-total. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/harm:v1:latymer-upper:2016:gcse/

Record details

Record ID harm:v1:latymer-upper:2016:gcse. Quote it if you report a problem.

As recorded

The record’s own wording, where this page puts it in plainer words.

High grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
High grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
Top grades: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year, so this is the school’s own figure
Top grades: precision
1 decimal place, as printed
C/4+: basis
GCSE/IGCSE A*–G only this year; from the school’s printed grade counts
C/4+: precision
Exact, from printed counts
Grade 9: reason
No entries were graded 9–1 this year, so there is no grade-9 figure.
A*–G: entries
1664 (entries from research:latymer-upper:2016:gcse-igcse:lettered-printed-total (its counts reproduce every printed percentage))
Which exams were sat: evidence
A*-G: 28 school or ISC records (e.g. ext:latymer_upper_gcse:3); 19 DfE rows (e.g. research:latymer-upper:2016:dfe-later-ks4-gcse-certificates-1-858)
Which exams were sat: evidence
GCSE 9–1 was first awarded in 2017, so every entry was graded A*–G.

Source references

Method and version

Method
harm-v1 1.0.0
Inputs digest
sha256:f3cad4e226c8b726fe5a7bf7293fe07540e3bdf39775e17b93e0c8ce615f6d1d
Qualification mix
A*-G (by-definition)

Latymer Upper School: exam results · How comparable figures work

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